Synonyms for chastened
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : chey-suhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃeɪ sən |
Top 10 synonyms for chastened Other synonyms for the word chastened
Définition of chastened
Origin :- 1520s, with -en (1) + the word it replaced, obsolete verb chaste "to correct (someone's) behavior" (Middle English chastien, c.1200), from Old French chastiier "to punish" (see chastise). Related: Chastened; chastening.
- verb correct, humiliate
- His spirit must be chastened, as must that of many more in this Abbey.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- "You heard what Roly said," he replied, with a chastened expression.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- It was a gloomy-religion, whose hope was but chastened despair!
- Extract from : « Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. » by Charles James Lever
- There was a subdued and chastened cadence in the inquiry that pleased me.
- Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane
- The faults of his first style still linger, but they are chastened.
- Extract from : « My Contemporaries In Fiction » by David Christie Murray
- The child is in a chastened state; she's sorry and ashamed and unusually meek.
- Extract from : « Elsie Marley, Honey » by Joslyn Gray
- Nicuesa's spirit had not been chastened by his unparalleled misfortunes.
- Extract from : « South American Fights and Fighters » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
- He had been tried as by fire, and humbled, softened, chastened by the fierceness of the flame.
- Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King
- She approached the Porcelain in a chastened mood that Sabbath morning.
- Extract from : « Ade's Fables » by George Ade
- At the end of the week she emerged, chastened and humbled, yet triumphant.
- Extract from : « Teddy: Her Book » by Anna Chapin Ray
Antonyms for chastened
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